Muilinn Mhiabhaig (Meavag Mill) is a Grade C listed building in the Na h-Eileanan Siar local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 February 2007. Prayer meeting house.
Muilinn Mhiabhaig (Meavag Mill)
- WRENN ID
- cold-postern-yew
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 9 February 2007
- Type
- Prayer meeting house
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Circa 1860. Remarkable survival of tall single storey, 3-bay, rectangular plan, piend-roofed former corn mill (see Notes) converted to Free Presbyterian prayer meeting house circa 1950. Set within craggy landscape of Bays of Harris and retaining some remains of milling machinery and evidence of industrial origins in top hopper windows, and interesting interior with pews and pulpit. Roughly squared, coursed and snecked rubble with remains of harling, large squared quoins and stone lintels and cills..
FURTHER DESCRIPTION: entrance elevation to SE with broad 2-leaf boarded timber door in bay to right, windows to centre and right bays. Remaining elevations blank. Partially infilled wheel pit and remains of wheel gearing to SW.
9-pane glazing pattern (lower row comprising 3 tall vertically aligned panes) in top hopper type timber windows. Corrugated roof.
INTERIOR: simple church interior with boarded dadoes, fixed timber pews flanking centre aisle, timber pulpit and sounding board, and gas brackets.
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